AUTHOR=de Boer Nina S. , Kostić Daniel , Ross Marcos , de Bruin Leon , Glas Gerrit 

TITLE=Using network models in person-centered care in psychiatry: How perspectivism could help to draw boundaries

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.925187

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2022.925187

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<p>In this paper, we explore the conceptual problems that arise when using network analysis in person-centered care (PCC) in psychiatry. Personalized network models are potentially helpful tools for PCC, but we argue that using them in psychiatric practice raises <italic>boundary problems</italic>, i.e., problems in demarcating what should and should not be included in the model, which may limit their ability to provide clinically-relevant knowledge. Models can have explanatory and representational boundaries, among others. We argue that perspectival reasoning can make more explicit what questions personalized network models can address in PCC, given their boundaries.</p>